DOMINION BOULEVARD CORRIDOR STUDY | Chesapeake, Virginia
38 | Existing Conditions
Landscape Features
Existing Rural Development
Rural Development Lots
Preserving a rural way of life was a
value expressed by the Community. Like
agriculture, it provides much of the existing
character and image of the Study Area. It is
why people traditionally have chosen to live
in this part of Chesapeake.
Rural development occupies approximately
20% of the Study Area. Much of the rural
development has occurred in 3 acre “piano
key” lots along the north/south roads that
connect to Dominion such as Shillelagh
Road, West Road and along George
Washington Highway. Number Ten Lane
and Herring Ditch Road, parallel roads
which intersect West Road, also have a
concentration of the 3 acre residential lots.
Mapping the rural lots provides guidance for
how to phase in new development, where to
locate new roads and neighborhoods and
where it may be appropriate to promote long
term preservation.
Figure 20: Existing rural residential lots in the study area
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Forested Land
1870 acres
Existing Rural Residential
Development
1775 acres
